Fire-kindler.



' Patented Mar. 13, I900.

No. 645,480. Y

L. MATTHIAS, FIRE KINDLER.

(Application filed June 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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LIZZIE MATTHIAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FIRE-KINDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,480, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed June 27, 1899. Serial No. 7 2,056. (No model.)

- clare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in fire-kindlers; and its object, among other things, is to provide a device of this character whichis cheap to manufacture, simple and durable in construction, efficient in use, and which practically prevents the accumulation of soot.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view thereof. Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse section through the device, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the device with the end piece removed and showing the warp-wires so bent as to retain an end piece in position. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a modified form of kindler.

Referring to said figures by letters of reference, A is the burner, formed of wire-gauze and of any desired length. This burner is preferably formed with a broad upper surface a and the sides a, which taper downwardly toward each other, thereby making the burner substantially triangular in crosssection, as shown. The warp:wires b of the burner project from each end thereof. These ends are adapted to project through a standard O, placed at each end of the burner A, which standards are likewise formed of wiregauze. These standards are secured to the ends of the burner by alternately bending the ends of the warp-wires b, which project through the standards in opposite directions. The standards may be provided with feet, as c, and upon one or both of them may be secured a metal handle or strap, as D, whereby the device may be moved in or removed from the ash-pit.

Within the burner is placed porous material E, preferably asbestos wool. This wool is adapted to be saturated with coal-oil or other inflammable fluid. The burner is then placedin the ash-pit of the stove or elsewhere, as desired, with its broad surface at uppermost. Upon the application of a flame to the burner the oil therein will become ignited and the flames shoot upward and among the coals or other fuel.

By constructing a burner of the peculiar form shown I secure an igniter possessing many advantages. The upper surface a produces a broad flame which is of the same intensity at all points, and by providing the inclined sides the resistance to the upward passage of the lower portions of the flames is avoided, thereby greatly reducing the accumulation of soot or lampblack upon the sides of the burner.

It is obvious that perforated sheet-iron may be substituted for the wire-gauze.

While I preferably construct the kindler with but one burner A, as described, I find that it is desirable in small stoves having low and broad ash-pits to use a device having two parallel burners mounted between two standards, as shown in Fig. 4. The double burners are of the same form as the single burners hereinbefore described and are secured to the standards in a similar manner.

I preferably arrange the lower edges of the sides a. of the burner A a slight distance apart, thereby forming a slot F, running longitudinally of the burner. The porous material E will project slightly through the slot and will therefore quickly ignite upon application of a flame thereto.

Inthe foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a kindler; the combination of a gauze I burner having an absorbent material therein,

5 a broad upper surface,inwardly-tapered sides,

and a standard secured as described to each end of the burner, substantially as described.

2. A burner comprising a wire-gauze casing having a broad upper surface and in- 'o Wardly-tapered sides, a standard secured by means of oppositely-bent warp-wires to each end of the burner,and an absorbent material Within the burner, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LIZZIE MATTHIAS'.

Witnessesi I v JULIUS H. RIEGER, MEYER PHILLIPS. 

